General advice/rules on sexing chicks w/o venting

[doublecrossranch]

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We are picking out about 8-9 rare breeds next weekend. Most are straight runs. What is your advice on picking pullets without venting? Above is a list of all the breeds they will have available. We are looking at the rare/ornamental breeds. All advice is appreciated

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Are they day old/less than a week chicks? If so then aside from sexlinks I suggest praying to your preferred deity. I would choose cleaning your house so you can ask for help from a kikimora or something, personally.

But in all seriousness, outside of sexlinks there's no reliable way to tell chick sex aside from vent sexing. Someone even did a series of experiments to see if any old wives tale sexing methods worked and they didn't.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I have to agree. There's no sure fire way to tell unless they're sex links, or their a week or two old and auto-sexing.

 

[Henry&Friends]

I love gambling!…until the roos grow up.

 

[ariri30]

I love gambling!…until the roos grow up.

 

[cstephens1987]

Day olds?

 

[doublecrossranch]

I just called and asked. They will be 1-2 days. Someone told me to look for the skinniest legs.

 

[doublecrossranch]

Are they day old/less than a week chicks? If so then aside from sexlinks I suggest praying to your preferred deity. I would choose cleaning your house so you can ask for help from a kikimora or something, personally.

But in all seriousness, outside of sexlinks there's no reliable way to tell chick sex aside from vent sexing. Someone even did a series of experiments to see if any old wives tale sexing methods worked and they didn't.

I saw the Sexing project post but couldn't find where the results were.

 

[cstephens1987]

I saw the Sexing project post but couldn't find where the results were.

My advice would be to prepare yourself for culling if you can't handle the roos

 

[doublecrossranch]

We just culled a roo last weekend because he was too rough on our pullets. And he broke the other roos break. He is my profile picture.